Find Out More About Blacktail Deer

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Blacktail deer are another commonly hunted deer species. So named due to the distinctive black tip on their tails, blacktail deer are usually smaller than whitetail deer, though that doesn't mean that blacktails will not grow to have trophy potential. While many hunters do not believe that such blacktail deer exist, the fact is there are areas where blacktail spreads can go from 20 inches wide up to 30 inches, allowing for large trophy deer to be hunted.

While a completely different species from mule deer, they blacktail deer were originally considered to be a subspecies of mule deer. Blacktail deer are relatives of both the whitetail and mule deer, but possess some clear differences with their cousins.

For example, both the mule deer and whitetail deer have antler sizes that directly relate with the body mass of the animal, but among blacktail deer, this is simply not the case.Also, the location of larger specimens of the animal differs from its cousins: when you head north, you generally find larger whitetail and mule deer, but you need to head south to hunt larger blacktail deer.

Blacktail deer are found mostly in British Columbia, western Oregon, Washington and northern California, stretching north into the Alaskan panhandle. Nevertheless, Boone and Crockett identifies the boundaries of the Columbian blacktail to extend from central British Columbia, south to Monterey Bay in California. While blacktails are found in other locations, Boone and Crockett recognizes only these boundaries because of the likelihood of cross breeding between mule deer and blacktail deer in other areas.

Anyone who has ever hunted blacktails understands how difficult such a hunt can be. Veteran hunters sometimes even claim that blacktails can be even more difficult to hunt than whitetails, though not always because blacktails are more intelligent in avoiding hunters.

The difficulty most veteran hunters regularly state is that the hunting season for blacktails occurs throughout the hotter months of July to October. Since it is so hot, blacktail deer won't usually be found during the day; instead they hide where it is cool. They also would prefer to move during the night, causing them to be harder to detect.

The heat will also cause much discomfort to hunters, and contributes to a more difficult hunt.

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